The Meaning of 1 Kings 6:38 Explained

1 Kings 6:38

KJV: And in the eleventh year, in the month Bul, which is the eighth month, was the house finished throughout all the parts thereof, and according to all the fashion of it. So was he seven years in building it.

YLT: and in the eleventh year, in the month Bul -- that is the eighth month -- hath the house been finished in all its matters, and in all its ordinances, and he buildeth it seven years.

Darby: and in the eleventh year, in the month Bul, which is the eighth month, was the house finished in all its parts, and according to all the fashion of it. So he was seven years in building it.

ASV: And in the eleventh year, in the month Bul, which is the eighth month, was the house finished throughout all the parts thereof, and according to all the fashion of it. So was he seven years in building it.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

And in the eleventh  year,  in the month  Bul,  which [is] the eighth  month,  was the house  finished  throughout all the parts  thereof, and according to all the fashion  of it. So was he seven  years  in building  it. 

What does 1 Kings 6:38 Mean?

Study Notes

Bul
Eighth month i.e. November.

Context Summary

1 Kings 6:29-38 - Carved Overlaid Finished
The meaning of 1 Kings 6:31 is uncertain. We gather that the door of the inner shrine was made of wild-olive wood and in two parts, and that it occupied a fifth of the cedar partition which separated the two chambers. This wooden door was carved with cherubim, palm-trees, and open flowers, and was overlaid with gold. One part was always open, but the interior was concealed from view by a veil of blue, purple, and crimson, 2 Chronicles 3:14. In front of this were hung festoons of golden chains. Thus it was signified that the way into the Holiest was not then open. But we have boldness to enter, through the new and living way which Jesus consecrated for us. The surrendered will, the cleansed life, the meek and humble faith-these are the path, Hebrews 10:19-20.
The erection occupied seven and a half years, and the completed Temple stood for upward of four centuries, until destroyed by Nebuchadnezzar. The construction of character, after God's ideal, may take long, but it advances to completion. First the stone, hewn with difficulty; then cedar and olive; lastly gold.
1 Kings 6:1-38 - Breaking Three Commandments
From a worldly point of view Naboth might have done a good stroke of business by selling his estate to. Ahab. A royal price and assured favor might have been his-but he had a conscience! Above the persuasive tones of the monarch's offer sounded the voice of God: "The land shall not be sold for ever, for the land is mine." See Leviticus 25:23; Numbers 36:7; Ezekiel 46:18.
Ahab knew perfectly well that Jezebel could not give him the property of another except by foul means, but he took pains not to inquire. Though the direct orders for Naboth's death did not come from him, yet, by his silence, he was an accomplice and an accessory; and divine justice penetrates all such specious excuses. God holds us responsible for wrongs which we do not arrest, though we have the power. The crime was blacker because of the pretext of religion, as suggested by a fast. See also 2 Kings 9:26. The blood of murdered innocence cries to God, and his requital, though delayed, is inevitable. See Revelation 6:9-10. [source]

Chapter Summary: 1 Kings 6

1  The building of Solomon's temple
5  The chambers thereof
11  God's promise unto it
15  The ceiling and adorning of it
23  The cherubim
31  The doors
36  The court
37  The time of building it

What do the individual words in 1 Kings 6:38 mean?

And in the year one [and] ten in the month of Bul that [is] the month eighth was finished the house in all its details and according to all - its plans so he was in building it seven years
וּבַשָּׁנָה֩ הָאַחַ֨ת עֶשְׂרֵ֜ה בְּיֶ֣רַח בּ֗וּל ה֚וּא הַחֹ֣דֶשׁ הַשְּׁמִינִ֔י כָּלָ֣ה הַבַּ֔יִת לְכָל־ דְּבָרָ֖יו וּלְכָל־ [משפטו] (מִשְׁפָּטָ֑יו) וַיִּבְנֵ֖הוּ שֶׁ֥בַע שָׁנִֽים

וּבַשָּׁנָה֩  And  in  the  year 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b, Article, Noun, feminine singular
Root: שָׁנָה  
Sense: year.
הָאַחַ֨ת  one 
Parse: Article, Number, feminine singular construct
Root: אֶחָד  
Sense: one (number).
עֶשְׂרֵ֜ה  [and]  ten 
Parse: Number, feminine singular
Root: עָשָׂר 
Sense: ten, -teen (in combination with other numbers).
בְּיֶ֣רַח  in  the  month 
Parse: Preposition-b, Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: יֶרַח  
Sense: month (lunar cycle), moon.
בּ֗וּל  of  Bul 
Parse: Proper Noun, feminine singular
Root: בּוּל  
Sense: the eighth Hebrew month, corresponding to modern Nov–Dec.
ה֚וּא  that  [is] 
Parse: Pronoun, third person masculine singular
Root: הוּא 
Sense: he, she, it.
הַחֹ֣דֶשׁ  the  month 
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: חֹדֶשׁ  
Sense: the new moon, month, monthly.
הַשְּׁמִינִ֔י  eighth 
Parse: Article, Number, ordinal masculine singular
Root: שְׁמִינִי  
Sense: eighth (ordinal number).
כָּלָ֣ה  was  finished 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, third person masculine singular
Root: כָּלָה  
Sense: to accomplish, cease, consume, determine, end, fail, finish, be complete, be accomplished, be ended, be at an end, be finished, be spent.
הַבַּ֔יִת  the  house 
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: בַּיִת 
Sense: house.
לְכָל־  in  all 
Parse: Preposition-l, Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: כֹּל  
Sense: all, the whole.
דְּבָרָ֖יו  its  details 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural construct, third person masculine singular
Root: דָּבָר  
Sense: speech, word, speaking, thing.
וּלְכָל־  and  according  to  all 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l, Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: כֹּל  
Sense: all, the whole.
[משפטו]  - 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct, third person masculine singular
(מִשְׁפָּטָ֑יו)  its  plans 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural construct, third person masculine singular
Root: מִשְׁפָּט  
Sense: judgment, justice, ordinance.
וַיִּבְנֵ֖הוּ  so  he  was  in  building  it 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine singular, third person masculine singular
Root: בָּנָה  
Sense: to build, rebuild, establish, cause to continue.
שֶׁ֥בַע  seven 
Parse: Number, feminine singular
Root: שֶׁבַע  
Sense: seven (cardinal number).
שָׁנִֽים  years 
Parse: Noun, feminine plural
Root: שָׁנָה  
Sense: year.